NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 vs NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 Ti
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| NVIDIAGeForce RTX 3080 | NVIDIAGeForce RTX 5070 Ti | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Released | September 2020 | February 2025 |
| Performance | ||
| Chip maker | NVIDIA | NVIDIA |
| Architecture | Ampere | Blackwell |
| Shader cores | 8,704 or 8,960 | 8,960 |
| Boost clock | 1,710 MHz | 2,452 MHz (better) |
| Architecture | GA102. NVIDIA reference specifications; the photo shows PNY's stock-clock 10 GB XLR8 Gaming REVEL EPIC-X RGB Triple Fan, whose cooler and dimensions differ from the Founders Edition. | GB203 GPU; 70 SMs |
| Manufacturing process | Samsung 8 nm 8N NVIDIA custom process | TSMC 4nm (4N NVIDIA custom process); 45.6 billion transistors; 378 mm² die |
| Ray tracing | Second-generation RT Cores | 70 fourth-generation RT Cores; 133 RT TFLOPS |
| AI cores | Third-generation Tensor Cores | 280 fifth-generation Tensor Cores; 1406 AI TOPS |
| Upscaling and frame generation | NVIDIA DLSS upscaling; no DLSS Frame Generation | DLSS 4.5 with Super Resolution, DLAA, Ray Reconstruction, Frame Generation, Multi Frame Generation and Dynamic Multi Frame Generation |
| Base clock | 1.44 GHz (10 GB); 1.26 GHz (12 GB); both have 1.71 GHz boost | 2.30 GHz |
| Cache | – | 48 MB L2 |
| Memory | ||
| Video memory | 10 GB GDDR6X or 12 GB GDDR6X | 16 GB GDDR7 |
| Memory bus | 320-bit or 384-bit | 256-bit |
| Memory bandwidth | 760 GB/s or 912 GB/s | 896 GB/s |
| Memory detail | 19 Gbps GDDR6X on both revisions; the 12 GB card uses a 384-bit bus and 912 GB/s bandwidth (Gainward stock-clock Phoenix specifications) | GDDR7 at 28 Gbps |
| Connections and power | ||
| Board power | 320 W or 350 W | 300 W |
| Interface | PCIe 4.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
| Display outputs | 3 × DisplayPort 1.4a, 1 × HDMI 2.1; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3 | 3 × DisplayPort 2.1b (UHBR20), 1 × HDMI 2.1b; up to 4 displays; HDCP 2.3 |
| Maximum resolution | 7680 × 4320; HDMI supports 4K 120 Hz HDR or 8K 60 Hz HDR | 4K at 480 Hz or 8K at 165 Hz with DSC |
| Power connector | 2 × PCIe 8-pin cables through the included adapter to 1 × 12-pin (10 GB Founders Edition); check the manufacturer for 12 GB partner cards | 1 × 300 W or greater PCIe Gen 5 cable, or 2 × PCIe 8-pin cables with the adapter in the box |
| Recommended power supply | 750 W for both revisions, based on NVIDIA's Intel Core i9-10900K test system | 750 W |
| Slot width | 2-slot (10 GB Founders Edition); 12 GB partner cards vary | – |
| Size (reference card) | 285 × 112 mm, 2-slot (10 GB Founders Edition); no separate reference geometry verified for the 12 GB revision | – |
| Video encode and decode | Seventh-generation NVENC, fifth-generation NVDEC; hardware AV1 decode, no AV1 encode | 2 × ninth-generation NVENC, 1 × sixth-generation NVDEC; AV1 encode and decode |
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